Growing and greenhouses

After the first crop production training for Dounien village, 6 volunteer model farmers started planning their new activities. Working closely with mentors, they have decided to start with Good Agricultural Practices :

“practices that address environmental, economic and social sustainability for on-farm processes, and result in safe and quality food and non-food agricultural products” (FAO COAG 2003 GAP paper)

This way they can build on their own experience in growing a wide range of vegetables which include onion, eggplant, spinach, morning glory, watermelon, papaya and cucumber.

At last weekend’s meeting, each farmer developed a cropping plan and the project mentors discussed with them the kinds of materials they will require and how to source good quality seeds. The next steps will be building a greenhouse and preparing the family plot. Let’s see what happens next.